Just some of my finer moments.
LiesGame.comTechnologies: JavaScript, React, Firebase, Google Cloud, Google Analytics, Babel, Webpack, HTML, CSS, WAI-ARIA
Skills: Full-Stack Software Development, User Experience Design, Accessibility, Responsive Design and Development LiesGame.com is a mobile-first, web-based game built with React and Firebase that encourages players to make their friends laugh by coming up with believable lies about various topics. As a full-stack software engineer on this project, I made many features that brought the game to a launch-able state. Since finishing the game's MVP, it has been streamed twice to an audience of 8,000+ viewers, leading to thousands of games being played and tens of thousands of hilarious lies fabricated. Many users found that this game helped them cope with the COVID-19 quarantine by playing with friends and family online or in person if they were quarantining together. Features I Developed:
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DROPOUTTechnologies: JavaScript, React, Redux, Redux-Saga, ES6, Babel, Webpack, Mocha, Enzyme, HTML, CSS, WAI-ARIA
Skills: Front-End Software Development, Snapshot Testing, Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, User Experience Design, Accessibility, Responsive Design, Pair Programming, Refactoring, Technical Debt Management, Mentorship At CH Media, I used React, Redux, and many other JavaScript libraries to build and maintain DROPOUT, CollegeHumor's streaming service, in a responsive, accessible, intuitive way, so that its 65,000+ subscribers could enjoy comedy content with ease. Some features I developed include a cookie-based alert bar, an improved and accessible Browse page, the Schedule page, improvements to the Landing, Sign Up, Log In, and Home pages, and an Autoplay feature to allow the user to continue to enjoy a series of content. Additionally, I taught my front-end team about accessibility development according to WAI-ARIA best practices, allowing thousands more assistive technologies users to navigate DROPOUT more easily, and added accessibility testing to our development and review process. I also drove positive change on our team, by scheduling and hosting continuous improvement meetings among the front-end team, and advocating for technical and design debt prioritization. Lastly, I led a full-stack paired-programming initiative to build both an OAuth and reverse OAuth login system between DROPOUT and Facebook, so that subscribers on both platforms could enjoy our content on both products seamlessly. See each image in the gallery for more details. |
SmartEdTechTechnologies: Adobe Illustrator, Apple Pencil, Pencil and Paper
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design SmartEdTech creates technology for students with special needs so that they can learn in the way that is best for suited for them. The Admin tool allows teachers and parents to aggregate and analyze data about their students' learning trends, so that they can further personalize their teaching strategies. As a User Experience Designer at SmartEdTech, I designed a new version of the Admin website, via sketches, design language, and high-fidelity mockups, so teachers and parents could assess their students’ learning data more effectively. Additionally, I iterated upon the interaction design of the Marketing website, SmartEdTech.com, with hand and digital sketches to increase sales leads. |
Admin WebsiteMarketing WebsiteFinal Sketches: Home | How SmartEdTech Helps | About Us | Contact Us
Brainstorming Sketches: Home | Centralized Learning (Home) | Content Library (Home) | Engagement (Home) | Get Started (Home) | How SmartEdTech Helps | About Us | Contact Us |
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RedditLiteTechnologies: JavaScript, React, Redux, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Jest, Reddit API, Heroku
Skills: Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) framework, Responsive Design, Accessibility Code Repository RedditLite allows the user to search for any subreddit and view the most popular posts on that subreddit. Users can see posts' titles, upvotes, downvotes, author and approximate time posted, along with links to the posts' content and comments sections. Features:
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Doctor ReviewsTechnologies: Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Devise, Heroku, postgres
Skills: Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework, Responsive Design, Authentication, Authorization, Accessibility Code Repository Doctor Reviews is a Ruby on Rails application that allows users to sign in, post and rate doctors, so that they can find the best quality care based on their medical needs. It is built responsive with Bootstrap in order to work on all screen sizes. I used Mac's VoiceOver screen reader to ensure that the application is accessible to users who do not use a mouse. |
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Bonker for ByramTechnologies: Adobe Illustrator, Weebly, Facebook
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Responsive Design Bonker for Byram is a campaign website, Facebook page, and four printed mailers that I designed and built when my father ran for Town Council in my hometown, Byram, New Jersey, in both 2017 and 2019. He was elected in 2019, and sworn into office on January 7, 2020. |
Love Your Neighbor BooksTechnologies: Weebly
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Responsive Design Love Your Neighbor Books is a benefit corporation that sells books on Amazon that my brother Charles founded to employ people with disabilities and neurodiversities. I built this website for him so that he could establish an online presence, form new partnerships, and ultimately grow the business so that he could help as many people as he can. Even though we could have built a website from scratch, I suggested we use Weebly so that he and my mother could also update it as needed, so that they would not be so dependent on me (or another developer) to update it. |
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I Am In HereTechnologies: WordPress, HTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Accessibility IAmInHereBook.com is the informational website and blog associated with my sister Elizabeth Bonker's book I Am In Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak but Finds Her Voice. Recent changes I have made to the website include changing the background color to navy blue, updating the header image to have a transparent background, updating the carousel on the homepage to include more current content, and adding posts to the blog. |
Letters to LegalizeTechnologies: HTML, CSS, Weebly, Adobe Illustrator, Google Forms, Facebook, PayPal
Skills: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Political Advocacy Letters to Legalize was a letter writing campaign, featuring a website and Facebook page, that I launched to encourage New Jersey residents to write to their State Senators and Assemblymembers in favor of passing cannabis legalization legislation. New Jersey residents would fill out their name, address and an optional additional message in either a Google Form or on an already printed letter, and then my team and I would mail that letter to their state legislators for them. We sent thousands of letters over a one-year period, and even held a meeting with my local state Senator and Assemblymembers, where we explained the many benefits that cannabis legalization would have for New Jersey, from racial justice to tax revenues. Cannabis legalization will now be ballot question in the November 3, 2020 election. |
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